Like the front page of a newspaper, how a website's news stories are laid out influences how visitors digest the information. And when your A1 slot goes to Britney's kid sis, well, that thing going on in Iraq is suddenly less relevant.
Note: Yes, this screenshot is from December 2007. And no, we didn't create it. [Source]
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Well….since you asked, there's the liberal press problem when reading political stories on these home pages. I do compare information, but when surfing the net, I want human interest, health, and good news stories and the like, not more war and political news with my subsequent cups of coffee, after already having seen the top overnight stories on morning network and cable television stations.
The exception, by the way, is I love the polls on CNN and try to vote in one of the two they seem to have each day. I knew whom was going to win each party's nomination by following the results of these polls. Really!